A federal judge has delayed ruling on whether to dismiss a placeholder criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, leaving in place an unusual procedural posture while the Justice Department considers whether to seek a formal indictment tied to a 2016 classified-information leak allegation. The matter, now closely watched by the defense bar and former-government-official circles alike, raises questions…
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Lenovo (United States) Inc. has launched a new inter partes review proceeding at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board, filing IPR2026-00517 on October 30, 2026. As of the current docket entry, the publicly available case caption identifies the petitioner, but the docket details available from the filing record do not yet clearly disclose the specific patent number, patent owner, or…
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From : Blog Entry >> Kevin’s Blog EntryFor those of us working in cybersecurity and compliance at law firms, there has been a noticeable shift over the last several years. Security is no longer something that happens primarily behind the scenes. Our clients want to know what we are doing to protect their information. Regulators are paying attention. Attorneys…
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Thirty-five years ago, lawyers told me fixed fees could never work. A skyscraper and a quarter helped me address their concerns but nothing ever changed. AI gives us a new reason to listen.There is plenty of talk today about whether AI will end the billable hour. If work that once took hours can be done in minutes, how will…
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Over the past few years, there have been a few twists and turns in the competition among legal research platforms to be the preferred partner of state and local bar associations.Once, that competition was almost exclusively between Fastcase and Casemaker. That changed when Fastcase acquired Casemaker in 2021. Then, in 2023, Fastcase merged with international legal research company vLex…
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A federal judge in California has denied the U.S. Department of Justice’s effort to require state election officials to segregate certain ballots based on alleged noncitizen-voter concerns, concluding that the requested relief would interfere too heavily with an election already in progress. The ruling is a notable setback for the federal government’s attempt to impose last-minute changes on state election…
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Just One More Contract Thing — Columbo Jazz MixI think we’re really close. It’s more clarifications than changes.The dates are settled. The price is settled. We’ve even found a better word for something neither of us liked. The copies have caught up with the corrections.Please, sit down. This shouldn’t take long.Coffee?Just a little. Thank you.Now. Where were we?You had…
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Sunday’s legal news is being driven less by fresh courthouse activity than by the aftershocks of rulings, filings, and enforcement developments from the last several days. That dynamic matters for legal professionals: when a weekend story continues to lead the cycle, it usually signals broader doctrinal, political, or compliance implications that will shape Monday-morning strategy.

Several of today’s biggest developments…
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The Ninth Circuit’s October 27, 2026 agency opinion in docket 25-2445 is a useful reminder that appellate review of agency action turns less on whether the court agrees with the agency’s policy choice and more on whether the agency adequately explained itself, followed the governing statute, and built a defensible administrative record.

Although the case arises in the agency-review posture…
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A federal judge in Washington, D.C., has delayed ruling on whether to dismiss a placeholder criminal case against former FBI Director James Comey, leaving intact—for now—a procedural maneuver by the Justice Department as it seeks a grand-jury indictment tied to an alleged 2016 classified leak.

The immediate issue is not Comey’s guilt or innocence, but whether prosecutors may file and…
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A new inter partes review, IPR2027-00030, was filed at the Patent Trial and Appeal Board on October 30, 2026, in a proceeding captioned Shining 3D Tech Co., Ltd. For patent litigators, prosecution counsel, and in-house IP teams tracking the overlap between district court disputes and PTAB validity challenges, this is a case worth watching as the record develops.
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A closely watched supermarket merger challenge has ended with the proposed Kroger-Albertsons tie-up collapsing after courts sided with antitrust enforcers, marking one of the most significant recent victories for regulators policing consolidation in consumer-facing markets.

The $24.6 billion deal had drawn lawsuits from the Federal Trade Commission and state attorneys general, who argued the transaction would reduce competition for grocery…
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